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Recent Examples of dish out
The senior midfielder finished with 53 goals and dished out 30 assists, closing her high school career with 258 total points.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
And in return, each business dishes out a complimentary perk.
—AFAR Media, 8 July 2025
There are gamer-friendly features, like the 165-Hz refresh rate (with AMD FreeSync support), which will make games appear more fluid and smoother on the screen, provided your computer is powerful enough to dish out the necessary frames per second.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 25 June 2025
These professionals are also dishing out on their favorite cleaning products to tackle the job.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 8 July 2025
And in return, each business dishes out a complimentary perk.
—AFAR Media, 8 July 2025
There are gamer-friendly features, like the 165-Hz refresh rate (with AMD FreeSync support), which will make games appear more fluid and smoother on the screen, provided your computer is powerful enough to dish out the necessary frames per second.
—Luke Larsen, Wired News, 25 June 2025
These professionals are also dishing out on their favorite cleaning products to tackle the job.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dish out
Verb
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Given that level of uncertainty, teams might be even more inclined to hand out shorter-term contracts and reluctant to ink long-term pacts with anyone short of a star.—
Bryan Toporek,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
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Being a brand ambassador could mean handing out samples of food and beverages, or passing out flyers and talking up the company.—
Gili Malinsky,
CNBC,
30 July 2025
Verb
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Make sure to always use a clean knife when portioning butter to keep food particles and bacteria from being introduced.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
27 July 2025
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Next time, portion out the sauce for your son and be explicit with your directions.—
Andee Tagle,
NPR,
24 July 2025
Verb
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This can not only help your room feel properly proportioned but can also enable easy flow throughout the space.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 July 2025
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The new Leaf is one size smaller than the Equinox EV, which is nearly identically proportioned to Tesla's Model Y SUV.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
Verb
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Judkins and his ex-girlfriend had split in December but were rekindling their relationship at the time of the incident, the report shows.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
14 July 2025
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In spring 2025, American Cruise Lines started to end many of its Columbia and Snake River itineraries—which retrace the path of the Lewis and Clark expedition—at the Lewiston port; the line will split itineraries between Lewiston and its twin city, Clarkston, Washington, just across the river.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
14 July 2025
Verb
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The clouds truly began to part, however, when Antony and Josephine gave Baser some advice that would go on to change the course of her career.—
Sophie Williams,
Billboard,
25 July 2025
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Paves also styled Simpson’s hair later that night, parting her hair on the left side of her head and tucking it behind her ears.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
24 July 2025
Verb
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Most schools are allotting about 75 percent of that to football.—
Antonio Morales,
New York Times,
31 July 2025
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Connor dealt with injuries throughout the majority of his college career, but a redshirt year and COVID-19 campaign allotted him six seasons.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
19 July 2025
Verb
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Kris Knoblauch doled out the five-on-five versus elites, favouring Ekholm in 2024-25 (5:44 per game, 57 percent Dangerous Fenwick, 50 percent goal share) over Darnell Nurse (4:41 per game, 56 percent Dangerous Fenwick) and Brett Kulak (4:32 per game, 58 percent).—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
30 July 2025
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But how exactly does the Rothy’s The Square Mary Jane dole out comfiness when so many comparable shoes fall short?—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
28 July 2025
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“Dish out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dish%20out. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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